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Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

154. A Reminder that Miriam Margolyes is a lady of great passions.

Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

BBC

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on Fortunately there's another chance to hear actress and national treasure Miriam Margolyes with Fi and Jane. Miriam joined Fi and Jane in the pizza back in July 2018, bringing an old school friend with her. They discuss Miriam’s recent TV presenting in America, Cuba and India, her advice to young actors and her lifelong love of Dickens. Plus, Garvey and Glover dream up a plan to co-present a news programme, and top tips for a heatwave. Get in touch: [email protected]

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.9

Hello, this is Jane, fees with us barely because as she'd like you to know herself, she's

0:11.2

not in a very good mood, so she's not able to contribute to this little bit that I'm

0:15.8

doing entirely unsupported and on my own.

0:20.2

It's just to say that we're on holiday, I know holidays don't mean much in the current

0:24.4

situation.

0:26.0

Miriam Margles is one of the great stars of the British stratosphere, theatrical figure,

0:34.9

an outspoken lady, somebody who's only ever, well just a nanosecond away from making another

0:41.7

headline and saying something else slightly naughty.

0:45.9

She came on, fortunately, it must be about a year ago now, possibly even longer ago than

0:50.1

that.

0:51.1

She's back on telly, she's just finished doing her BBC series Exploring Australia, which

0:55.1

I'm sure you can still find on the eye play if by any chance you missed it, but here

0:59.2

she is talking to us, unfortunately.

1:01.7

Well done, very nice.

1:06.5

Welcome, welcome to a breezy biata here in central London, on what is another apart from the

1:15.6

breeze steaming hot day now Fiona.

1:18.0

And I say you're a gingham fiesta today.

1:21.6

Oh, I've got my sapphic dress on, haven't I?

1:23.5

I've got the dress on that makes Jane go, oh, oh, oh, well, or makes me accuse you of being

1:29.1

a talking tablecloth.

1:30.1

One or the other.

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